According to the Daily Mail, a policewoman was stripped of her front-line roles and given desk-bound duties because of her pregnancy and has since won a sex discrimination case against her employer.
PC Natalie Town was reportedly considered to be fit to continue working, according to a risk assessment carried out by her boss on the day of finding out that she was pregnant.
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